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Soldier’s Woman // Mujer de Soldado
Dir. Patricia Wiesse / Perú / 2020 / 82’ This documentary follows Magda and her friends, a group of Quechua-speaking women engaged in a judicial process against the soldiers that…
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Metal and Melancholy
Dir. Heddy Honigmann / Perú / 1993 / 80’ At the heist of Peru’s economic and political crisis in the early 90s, Heddy Honigmann films the…
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In the Name of Love // Du verbe aimer
Dir. Mary Jiménez / Belgium, Perú / 1985 / 85’ The relationship with one’s mother is probably the most complex and contradictory bond human beings have. Mary Jiménez’s film In The…
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About to Take Off / A punto de despegar
Dir. Lorena Best and Robinson Díaz / Perú / 2015 / 85’ Lorena Best tells the story of the expropriation and demolition of San Agustín, a hamlet on the outskirts…
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RETROSPECTIVE ON HELENA SOLBERG
Scottish Documentary Institute, Invisible Women and CinemaAttic are delighted to present a special season focusing on legendary Brazilian filmmaker Helena Solberg and her extensive work engaging with social, political…
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MUJERES – WOMEN IN FILM 2023
MUJERES 2023 We are happy to introduce once again one of our season’s most awaited programmes: MUJERES | Women in Film, a special programme bringing together our favourite colourful, radical, visionary…
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CATALAN FILM FESTIVAL | ONLINE PROGRAMME
After a successful tour around Scotland’s cities, the Catalan Film Festival arrives online to be enjoyed by audiences across the UK and Ireland, 16 – 26…
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Catalan Short Films
Catalan Shorts, the house speciality. Short films are the backbone and the origin of the Catalan Film Festival, a festival that started in its inception as an annual showcase…
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The making of DUO by Meritxell Colell
EDINBURGH: Where: Craigmillar Library (101 Niddrie Mains Rd, Edinburgh EH16 4DS) When: Monday 30th of January @ 15:30 (duration 3 h) FREE EVENT (register below) “If direction is gaze, montage is heartbeat” Jean-Luc…
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PERSPECTIVES ON RURAL CATALONIA (SHORTS + CONVERSATION)
A programme of short films and a conversation with directors Alba Bresolí and Meritxell Colell on the new wave of Catalan cinema and literature reflecting on the rural world…
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ON SHADOWS (D’OMBRES) – UK PREMIERE
A heartfelt documentary following the life and contribution to the arts of Catalan iconic artist and cinematographer Toman Pladevall, which turns into a poetic study on light…
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SOSTRE GROC (The Yellow Ceiling)
“Impressive documentary (…) as a spectator, it is experienced as a thriller, as a human being – as a tragedy (…) The only thing that has no ceiling is…
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ALCARRAS
FILM INFORMATION Director: Carla Simón Script: Carla Simón, Arnau Vilaró Contact: Avalon With: Jordi Pujol Dolcet, Anna Otín, Xenia Roset, Albert Bosch, Ainet Jounou, Josep Abad, Montse Oró, Carles Cabós, Berta Pipó Country: Spain,…
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MY EMPTINESS AND I (Mi Vacío y Yo) – UK PREMIERE – Alt Valentines
“Built around a superb, challenging central performance by Raphaëlle Perez, My Emptiness and I confirm Adrián Silvestre as one of Spain’s standout new directorial talents.” – Jonathan Holland, Screen Raw,…
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ONE YEAR, ONE NIGHT – UK PREMIERE
“A powerful, bittersweet meditation on the impact of trauma and the desire not to be defined by it.” – Deadline Isaki Lacuesta investigates the deep and slippery marks that witnessing…
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